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The Moon on Friday, May 13, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on May 13, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 May 1927405,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 13, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,058 km251,691 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 13, 1927 is on Monday, May 16, 1927 at 19:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 1, 1927 at 12:40 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 8, 192715:27
Full Moon (after)Monday, May 16, 192719:03

The Moon around May 13

More about this date

Friday, May 13, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1927 to the new moon of May 30, 1927, a cycle of 29.35 days.